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Great War Day - Researching Your Family's Military Roots: United States

General Information

THe National Archives' Prologue Magazine has an article on how to get started titled An Overview of Records at the National Archives Relating to Military Service By Trevor K. Plante. 

Recruitment Poster

Drawing of a woman in a sailor uniform, text reads "Gee!! I wish I were a man, I'd join the navy".

World War I Navy Recruiting Poster by artist Howard Chandler Christy, 1917.
Collections of the Library of Congress.
U.S. Naval History & Heritage Command Photograph

Subject Guide

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